Card holder



March 2 8, 1933. w. J. ECKER, JR u 1,903,098

CARD'HOLDER Filed July 15, 1931 FIGI 5y @Mu Patented Mar. 28, 1933 UNITED STATES CARD HOLDERA Application led .Tuly 13,

The object of my device is to make a card holder, particularly one of the type to be used for holding visiting cards.

A further object is to make a card holder and to secure the cards to the holder by means of sheets of tissue paper.

A still further object is to perforate the tissue paper holding the cards transversely, so that in the removal of the cards, the tissue paper will be torn along the perforation, thereby permitting the easy removal of the card, as well as the tissue paper andpermitting the untorn longer sheet of tissue paperto be used as a scratch pad or memorandum pad.

In my device a simple plate of metal or other material is used. A visiting card isv placed on the plate. A sheet of tissue paper is placed over the card. On each end of the sheet of tissue paper is formed a stub which 2 is bent around the edge of the plate, and is glued to the plate. A second card is then placed on the sheet of tissue paper. A second sheet of tissue paper of the same shape and size as the first sheet is then superimposed on the second card. sheet of tissue paper are then glued to the stub of the first sheet of tissue paper. This process is'continued until as many cards as desired are placed on the plate and covered 0 with the sheet of tissue paper.

It will be observed that each succeeding sheet of tissue paper, since all the stubs are the same dimension, will be concentrically positioned over the remaining sheets of tissue paper or cards. The lateral edges of the sheets of tissue paper are permitted to extend slightly over the edges of the cards. This is accomplished by making the width of the sheet of tissue paper slightly greater than the width of the card. Since each stub of a sheet of tissue paper must pass over the edge of the original plate, and also over a card and allV cards and sheets of tissue'paper beneath it, it will not extend as far longitudinally on the back of the plate as did the precedingV sheet of tissue paper. By this means, it is obvious that the first sheet of tissue paper is the only one that is secured to they plate, and each succeeding stub is glued to the stub immediately beneath it.

The stubs of the second 193i. serial No. l550,493.

`Vith these and other objects in view, my invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, as `will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated inthe drawing, in which Fig. l is a plan view of the card holder, showing the sheets of tissuel paper that may be'used as memorandum. f Fig.l 2 is a front elevation of the structure 60 shown in Fig. l.

' 'The upper figurev ,in 3 is a perspective yview of a'. single sheeteoV tissuel paper,to

gether with the stubs used in my device'.` The VnfextA lower figure is a 4pt erspective'fview of a 65 v greeting card. Y

The lowest'igure is ai perspective view of thefb'ase or platev used in myV device. The next higheriigure shows'a conventional greeting card about .to be placed on the base and 7o the-middle figure shows a perspectiveview of a sheet of tissue-paper, similar to the upper figure showing it in position to be placed over the card. v y v N umeralfi designates a plate or base, which may-be of metal or other material, rectangular4 in'shape and ofthe sizeof the greeting card that is to be detach-ably secured to it. Numeralf designates the card'. Numeral 6 designates a sheetV of tissue 80 paper having the transverse perforation 7 and' the5 stubs 8V. As'previously stated, the width of the sheet of tissue paper 6 is slightly greater thanv the' width ofl `the card 5. v The purpose of this is to prevent the soiling of the edges of the cards. I The card 5 is placed on the plate orV base 4 concentrically. The sheet of tissue paper is placed over the card 5 and the stubs 8 bent around the ends of the card 5 and the plate or base 4. The 9o underside of the stubs 8 by means of the glue 9, are glued to the undersurface of the plate orbase 4. The next succeeding card l() is then concentrically positioned on the sheet of tissue paper 6. The next succeeding sheet of tissue paper is then positioned over the card l0 and the stubs 8 glued to the first stubs 8. In Fig. 2, itis easily seen how each succeeding stubis attached.

In operation, the user tears the sheet of 10G tissue 11 on the perforations 12, and folds back the sheet of tissue 13, as best shown in Fig. 2. Since the card has no attaching means, other than the tissue paper, it may now be removed and the sheet of tissue 13 used as a temporary scratch pad or memorandum pad. The sheet of tissue paper, therefore, performs the duel function of holding the cards together, and on to the plate or base Il, as Well as permitting the use as a scratch pad. n'Ihe sheets of tissue further prevent the soiling of the exposed edges of the cards.

Whenever tissue paper is mentioned in this application, it is to be assumed that other material of similar properties may be substituted.

That I claim is:

1. In combination With a plate, a card, said card positioned on said plate, a sheet of tissue paper positioned above said card, a second card positioned on said sheet of tissue paper, and a second sheet of tissue paper positioned on said second card, said sheets of tissue paper secured to each other, and to said plate, thereby detachably securing said cards between said sheets of tissue paper, and securing said cards detachably to said plate.

2. In combination with a plate, a card positioned thereon, a sheet of tissue paper positioned on said card, stubs formed on said sheet of tissue paper, said sheet of tissue paper secured to said plate by having said stubs bent` around said card and said plate, and affixed to the lower base of said plate, said sheet of tissue paper having a transverse perforation formed therein,'thereby permitting the facile tearing of said sheet of tissue paper, along the perforation of said sheet of tissue paper, thereby providing a portion of said sheet of tissue paper for a memorandum sheet, a second card positioned on said sheet of tissue paper and a like sheet of tissue paper positioned over said second card the stubs of said second sheet of tissue paper attached to said first sheet of tissue paper, thereby building up a pack of cards and sheets of tissue paper to the number desired, the Width of said sheets of tissue paper being slightly greater than the Width of said cards.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

WILL J. EGKER, JR. 

